Our fathers, &c. See Exodus 16:15. Over half. million able for war; probably three millions in all. Numbers 2:32.
manna. the manna.
as. according as.
He gave, &c. Quoted from Psalms 78:24. This was their hope and belief; and this was the "sign "looked for in "the days of Messiah". So the Midrash (a Commentary on Ecc.): "The former Redeemer [Moses] caused manna to descend for them; in like manner shall our latter Redeemer [Messiah] cause manna to come down, as it is written:. There shall be. handful of corn in the earth' (Psalms 72:16). "See Lightfoot, vol. ail, p. 293.
heaven. Singular. See note on Matthew 6:9; Matthew 6:10.